breaking

Meanings

• the act of breaking something
• terminate
• become separated into pieces or fragments
• render inoperable or ineffective
• ruin completely
• destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
• move away or escape suddenly
• scatter or part
• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
• prevent completion
• enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
• make submissive, obedient, or useful
• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
• surpass in excellence
• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
• come into being
• stop operating or functioning
• interrupt a continued activity
• make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
• curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
• lessen in force or effect
• be broken in
• come to an end
• vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
• cause to give up a habit
• give up
• come forth or begin from a state of latency
• happen or take place
  • "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"
• cause the failure or ruin of
• invalidate by judicial action
• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
• reduce to bankruptcy
• change directions suddenly
• emerge from the surface of a body of water
• break down, literally or metaphorically
• do a break dance
• exchange for smaller units of money
• destroy the completeness of a set of related items
• make the opening shot that scatters the balls
• separate from a clinch, in boxing
• go to pieces
• break a piece from a whole
• become punctured or penetrated
• pierce or penetrate
• be released or become known; of news
• cease an action temporarily
• interrupt the flow of current in
• undergo breaking
• find a flaw in
• find the solution or key to
• change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
• happen
• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
• crack; of the male voice in puberty
  • "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"
• fall sharply
• fracture a bone of
• diminish or discontinue abruptly
• weaken or destroy in spirit or body

Synonyms

bankrupt, better, breach, break, break away, break dance, break down, break in, break off, break out, break up, break-dance, breakage, bring out, bump, burst, bust, cave in, check, collapse, come apart, conk out, crack, damp, dampen, demote, develop, die, disclose, discontinue, discover, divulge, erupt, expose, fail, fall apart, fall in, founder, fracture, get around, get out, give, give away, give out, give way, go, go against, go bad, infract, intermit, interrupt, kick downstairs, let on, let out, offend, part, pause, recrudesce, relegate, reveal, ruin, separate, smash, snap off, soften, split, split up, stop, transgress, unwrap, violate, weaken, wear, wear out